Fig. 2

Although AMR has been an object of study for different disciplines, the methods, concepts, and therefore outcomes of different disciplinary analysis vary. Microbiologists are focusing on understanding bacterial communities and they use laboratory methods to understand how bacteria can develop resistance, how they can be acquired and disseminated. With relations to travelling, the methods of microbiology show that travelling to specific areas in the world can be understood as a potential risk factor for acquiring resistant bacteria. At the same time, sociologists study AMR by focusing on social communities and they apply methods such as interviewing and observation. With relations to travelling, sociological research shows that travellers perceive the potential risks of acquiring AMR only in a context of being admitted to a foreign hospital or if they over-use antibiotics, travelling in general is not considered to be a risk factor. Current disciplinary methods for understanding and conceptualising AMR run parallel to each other but are not in dialogue and cannot profit from each other’s expertise. Stool and stories is an invitation and a tool for such a dialogue